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The Blind And The Deaf, 1900

Creator:		Alexander Graham Bell (author)
Date:		1906
Publisher:		Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Source:		Available at selected libraries

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The number of partially blind per 100,000 of population in the age group under 20 years is greatest for the native whites (12.7), least for the foreign born whites (9.5), and intermediate for the colored (10.3). About the same relative difference occurs in the proportions for the group 20 years of age and over (native whites, 63.9; foreign born whites, 44.5; colored, 54.1).

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Table VIII shows the number of the blind, by present age and degree of blindness, and the number at each age per 100,000 of corresponding age.

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Table VIII. -- The blind, by degree of blindness and age periods

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AGE PERIOD.	The blind.	The totally blind.	The partially blind.
Number:
All ages	64,763	35,645	29,118
Under 10 years	2,307	1,262	1,045
10 to 19 years	6,001	2,861	3,140
20 to 29 years	4,861	2,851	2,010
30 to 39 years	5,024	3,077	1,947
40 to 49 years	6,504	3,778	2,726
50 to 59 years	8,530	4,791	3,739
60 to 69 years	10,507	5,835	4,672
70 to 79 years	11,421	6,132	5,239
80 to 89 years	7,499	3,885	3,605
90 to 99 years	1,596	851	745
100 years, and over	232	163	69
Age unknown	290	159	131
Number per 100,000 population of same age:
All ages	85.2	46.9	38.3
Under 10 years	12.8	7.0	5.8
10 to 19 years	38.4	18.3	20.1
20 to 29 years	35.1	20.6	14.5
30 to 39 years	47.8	29.3	18.5
40 to 49 years	84.5	49.1	35.4
50 to 59 years	165.5	93.0	72.5
60 to 69 years	339.6	188.6	151.0
70 to 79 years	813.6	436.8	376.8
80 to 89 years	2,202.2	1,142.3	1,059.9
90 to 99 years	5,274.6	2,812.5	2,462.1
100 years and over	6,621.0	4,651.8	1,969.2
Age unknown	144.6	79.3	65.3

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The proportion of the population totally or partially blind, as shown in the above table, increases steadily with advancing years. In the age group 10 to 19 years there are more persons partially blind (20.1 per 100,000) than totally blind (18.3 per 100,000), but in all other age groups the totally blind exceed the partially blind.

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Table IX shows the number of blind under 20 years of age, 20 years of age and over, and of unknown age in each state and territory, with the number of each specified age per 100,000 of corresponding population.

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Table IX. -- The blind, by age periods, for states and territories.

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STATE OR TERRITORY	THE BLIND:
	Number:				Per 100,000 population of same age.
	All ages.	Under 20 years.	20 years and over.	Unknown age.	Under 20 years.	20 years and over.
Continental United States	64,763	8,308	56,175	290	24.7	133.4
North Atlantic division	15,777	1,551	14,159	67	19.0	110.2
New England	4,846	469	4,369	8	23.3	122.7
Maine	724	43	681	-	17.1	154.4
New Hampshire	417	29	387	1	20.5	143.8
Vermont	456	19	437	-	15.2	201.0
Massachusetts	2,217	303	1,910	4	30.1	106.7
Rhode Island	285	20	263	2	12.5	98.2
Connecticut	747	55	691	1	16.6	120.0
Southern North Atlantic	10,931	1,082	9,700	59	17.6	105.4
New York	5,486	548	4,913	25	19.9	109.0
New Jersey	1,004	81	920	3	10.9	81.0
Pennsylvania	4,441	453	3,957	31	17.2	108.4
South Atlantic division	9,159	1,522	7,582	55	29.2	145.7
Northern South Atlantic	3,841	606	3,213	22	29.3	134.9
Delaware	142	12	128	2	15.8	118.1
Maryland	983	164	814	5	31.9	121.4
District of Columbia	202	11	189	2	11.6	102.7
Virginia	1,589	239	1,341	9	26.1	143.2
West Virginia	925	180	741	4	38.1	153.4
Southern South Atlantic	5,318	916	4,369	33	29.1	154.9
North Carolina	1,788	353	1,417	18	35.4	158.7
South Carolina	1,102	167	932	3	22.9	153.1
Georgia	2,034	351	1,674	9	30.3	159.2
Florida	394	45	346	3	17.4	129.3
North Central division	23,380	2,272	20,616	88	23.3	139.3
Eastern North Central	14,666	1,705	12,900	61	25.2	140.3
Ohio	4,466	470	3,982	14	27.8	161.8
Indiana	2,987	338	2,635	14	31.6	182.9
Illinois	3,767	495	3,261	11	24.2	118.1
Michigan	1,945	208	4,735	3	20.7	122.9
Wisconsin	1,500	194	1,287	19	20.4	115.2
Western North Central	8,714	971	7,716	27	20.6	137.7
Minnesota	887	145	741	1	17.9	78.9
Iowa	2,014	177	1,836	1	17.9	148.2
Missouri	3,325	361	2,949	15	25.7	174.3
North Dakota	168	32	134	2	20.7	81.9
South Dakota	280	34	246	-	17.4	119.5
Nebraska	640	96	539	5	19.3	95.2
Kansas	1,400	126	1,271	3	18.8	159.4
South Central division	13,485	2,187	11,230	68	30.2	165.4
Eastern South Central	8,221	1,242	6,942	37	32.4	188.0
Kentucky	2,780	464	2,299	17	44.7	208.5
Tennessee	2,400	412	1,979	9	40.8	197.3
Alabama	1,791	202	1,581	8	21.1	182.9
Mississippi	1,250	164	1,083	3	19.9	149.8
Western South Central	5,264	945	4,288	31	27.7	138.4
Louisiana	1,071	138	924	9	19.5	137.5
Arkansas	1,587	318	1,256	13	46.0	204.0
Indian Territory	261	42	218	1	19.9	122.1
Oklahoma	250	46	204	-	23.1	103.1
Texas	2,095	401	1,686	8	25.0	117.5
Western division	2,962	372	2,578	12	23.3	104.4
Rocky Mountain	975	156	814	5	31.2	112.2
Montana	99	23	76	-	26,0	49.5
Idaho	111	12	96	3	16.3	109.6
Wyoming	20	4	16	-	11.1	28.5
Colorado	295	49	246	-	23.5	75.2
New Mexico	450	68	380	2	72.8	375.4
Basin and Plateau	332	25	304	3	12.0	131.4
Arizona	69	6	62	1	11.8	87.6
Utah	207	17	188	2	11.9	141.4
Nevada	56	2	54	-	14.0	195.4
Pacific	1,655	191	1,460	4	21.6	96.5
Washington	210	44	165	1	21.8	53.3
Oregon	249	26	222	1	20.6	77.4
California	1,196	121	1,073	2	23.4	112.1

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The relation of age to blindness is shown in the following general tables:

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Table 1 gives details of age, color, and nativity.

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Table 2 gives details of age, and age when blindness occurred.

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Table 3 gives details of age, color, nativity, sex, and age when blindness occurred.

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Table 12 gives details of age, color, sex, and school attendance.